3 with Jacobowitz & Gubits get regional, state posts

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Aug 18, 2014 at 2:00 AM

WALDEN — Three lawyers with the firm of Jacobowitz & Gubits have been appointed to positions in regional and statewide nonprofits. Larry Wolinsky, through his role as chairman of Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, was recently named to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s MTA Reinvention Commission, whose goal is to recommend ways the authority can better adapt to the challenges of increasing ridership, demographic shifts and climate change. John Cappello was recently appointed president of the Regional Economic Community Action Program. Cappello will set policies and lead the organization’s efforts to mobilize and coordinate public and private resources to address the basic needs of low-income people. The mission of RECAP is to help residents in depressed economic situations to attain the skills, knowledge, motivation and opportunities needed to become economically self-sufficient.Andrea Dumais was recently appointed Women’s Bar Association of Orange & Sullivan County delegate to the matrimonial committee of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York. She will represent the region in driving policy-making initiatives in matrimonial legal matters.